The article reports on the submission of the proposed higherâ€“education bond package to the Texas Legislature in Texas. Governor Rick Perry is expected to sign the measures into law. Perry has been called on to hammer out new state revenues to fund public education. The Texas Legislature is scrambling to beat deadline set by the Texas Supreme Court to correct what it termed an overâ€“reliance on school district property taxes to fund education.

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